Jonathan Berger on MP3's and Sizzle

[Futureman]

Mildly interesting.

Kinda makes me think of Phil Spector and his sound custom made for the small portable transistor radios of the time.

http://odeo.com/episodes/24354694-Full- ... e%E2%80%9D

[Ben M]

Thanks for that Mike. More than mildly.

quote:
"Great music is great music no matter what the listening quality".

Good point, but I think our interweb speeds are almost faster enough, our memory large enough and compact enough that now that we can enjoy higher qualities of listening pleasure in our crappy ear bud headphones. I loved that certain types of rock were preferred at mp3. :( Sound shaping for a whole genre. And spurts of high freq noise (sizzle) helping their listening enjoyment. Very distressing.
I'm going to start recording the hardcore/metal bands I get through the studio straight into my 128 converter to mp3. Crunch!

cheers

[Roy]

Very interesting interview... do you think we'll see new plug-ins like 'an MP3 emulator' to improve the sound of CDs?? Haha! Crazy!

[Mark Bassett]

Here's an interview with johnny greenwood in the same vein

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sashafrerejones/2009/09/dithering-jonny-greenwood.html

"We had a few complaints that the MP3s of our last record wasn’t encoded at a high enough rate. Some even suggested we should have used FLACs, but if you even know what one of those is, and have strong opinions on them, you’re already lost to the world of high fidelity and have probably spent far too much money on your speaker-stands."